WISCONSIN LAW 


RELATING TO 


Election of Delegates to National Conventions 
Direct Vote for Presidential Candidates 
Nomination of Presidential Electors 


COMPILED NOVEMBER 1 , 1911 
UNDER AUTHORITY OF 

J. A. FREAR 

SECRETARY OF STATE. 



MADISON 

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WISCONSIN LAW 


RELATING TO 


Election of Delegates to National Conventions 
Direct Vote for Presidential Candidates 
Nomination of Presidential Electors 


COMPILED NOVEMBER 1 , 1911 
UNDER AUTHORITY OF 

J. A. FREAR 

SECRETARY OF STATE. 



MADISON 

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1911 





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WISCONSIN LAW 


RELATING TO 

ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVEN¬ 
TION 

DIRECT VOTE FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES 
NOMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS 


(Ch. 369, 19.05, as amended by ch. 512, 1907, ch. 483, 1909, ch. 

300, 1911.) 

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Election, when held. Section 11—26. 1. There shall be 
chosen at an election held in each precinct o| the state on the 
first Tuesday of April in each year in which electors for 
president and vice president of the United States are to be 
elected, delegates to the national convention of each party, to 
nominate candidates for president and vice president. 

How conducted; expenses. 2. Except as herein other¬ 
wise provided, such elections shall be noticed, held and con¬ 
ducted and the results canvassed and returned in the same 
manner that elections of judges of the supreme and circuit 
courts are noticed, held and conducted and the results canvassed 
and returned. The expense incurred in the preparation for or 
conducting-such-clertion shall be paid in the same manner and 
by the same officers as in the case of said judicial elections. 

Delegates-at-large; election. 3. The four candidates 
for delegates-at-large of each political party, receiving the high¬ 
est number of votes, shall be the delegates-at-large. 



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District delegates; election. 4. The two candidate's for 
-delegates of each political party, in each congressional district, 
receiving the highest number of votes shall be delegates from 
such district. 

Alternates, chosen by State Central Committee. 5. It 

shall be the duty of the state central committee of each political 
party between the holding of such election and at least fifteen 
days prior* to the holding of the party national convention, to 
meet and elect four alternate delegates-at-large and two alter¬ 
nate delegates from each congressional district. Said meeting 
shall be called by the chairman of the party state central, com¬ 
mittee, upon at least ten days’ notice. 

Names of Candidates for President and Vice President 
may be placed on ballot. 6 . For the purpose of enabling 
every voter to express his choice for the nomination of candi¬ 
dates for president and vice president of the United States, 
whenever there shall be filed with the secretary of state a 
petition as provided by section 30 of the statutes, the names of 
such candidates shall be certified to the county clerks, and 
shall be printed upon the official party ticket used at said 
election. No signature, statement, or consent shall be required 
to be filed by any such candidate. 

Delegates, how nominated. Section 11— 27 . 1. Nom¬ 

inations for candidates for delegates shall be made by nom¬ 
ination papers, in the manner provided by law for nomin¬ 
ation of candidates to be voted for at a general election. 

Nomination papers, filing. 2. No political party shall 
be entitled to participate in the election of delegates unless 
nomination papers have been filed with the secretary of state 
as provided herein. 

Official Ballot; form. Section 11—28. 1. a. An official 

ballot shall be printed and provided for use at each voting 
precinct in the form provided herein and annexed hereto. The 
names of all candidates for delegates for whom nomination 
papers prescribed shall have been duly filed, shall be printed 
thereon. 


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“A” 


• OFFICIAL BALLOT 

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ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION 

.•.Party. 

(Designation of party). 

To vote for a person wnose name is printed on the ballot, make a 
cross (X) in the square after the name of the person for whom you 
desire to vote. 

Each voter is entitled to vote for one person for president and one 
person for vice president of the United States; for four delegates-at- 

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“A” 


OFFICIAL BALLOT 
FOR 

ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL 
CONVENTION 


...Precinct, ....Ward, 

City, (Village or Town) of..... 

jMovember, (or other month).... 191.... 


Ballot Clerks. 


I certify that the within ballot was marked by me for 
an elector incapable under the law of marking his own 
ballot and as directed by him. 


Inspector of Election. 


I certify that the within ballot was marked by me for 
a blind elector, at his request, and as directed by him. 



















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b. The names of the candidates for president and vice 
.president shall be placed first, in each party column under¬ 
neath the party designation and immediately above the names 
of said candidates, respectively, shall appear the words, “for 
president,” “for vice president.” 

Arrangement of party tickets. 2. Said official ballot 
shall be made up of the several party tickets, arranged alpha¬ 
betically according to party name, all of which shall be secure¬ 
ly fastened together at the top and folded, provided that there 
shall be as many separate tickets as there are parties entitled 
to participate in said election. 

Names, rotated. 3. The names of all candidates shall 
be arranged according to surname under the appropriate title 
and under the proper party designation upon the party ticket, 
and rotated in accordance with the provisions of section 33 o. 
the statutes as amended by this act. 

How voted: separate ballot box. 4. After preparing 
his ballot^ the elector shall detach the same from the remain¬ 
ing tickets and fold it so that its face will be concealed and 
the printed endorsements and signatures or initials there¬ 
on seen. The remaining tickets attached together shall be folded 
in like manner by the elector who shall thereupon, without 
leaving the polling place, vote the marked ballot forthwith and 
deposit the remaining tickets in a separate ballot box to be 
marked and designated as the. blank ballot box. 

Tickets, destroyed. 5. Immediately after the canvass the 
inspectors shall, without examination, destroy the tickets de¬ 
posited in the blank ballot box. 

Defective votes. 6 . Whenever any elector shall vote for 
more than four delegates-at-large his vote shall not be coimted 
for any of such delegates. Whenever any elector shall vote 
for more than two district delegates his vote shall not be 
counted for any such delegates. 

Form of ballot. 7. The official ballot for the election of 
delegates to the national convention shall be in substantially 
the same form marked “A.” 


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Presidential Electors, how nominated. Section 11 — 29 . 
The delegates of each party chosen at said election to attend the 
national convention shall meet on the third Tuesday of April, 
succeeding such election, and nominate, by a majority vote, one 
elector for president and vice president from each congressional 
district^ and two such electors from the state at large. The 
names of such nominees shall be immediately certified by the 
chairman and secretary of the meeting to the secretary of state. 

1 Section 11—22, Primary Law, amended by Ch. 300, 1911, to 
conform to this section. 


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